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Memorial Day
I took a Memorial Day photo excursion to the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno. I wanted to use my new Flip video camera, so my initial idea was recording a video of a flag waving in the wind. I ended up recording the following video which I like better; I was trying to [...]
A historic document in the annals of Maya’s Mom
Original Message from Ann on LinkedIn
WordPress vs. Tumblr
Tumblr is a new blogging platform which focuses on simple, quick blogging called tumblelogs. A tumblelog is a blog of very short posts, maybe just a photo, link or quote; a slightly richer form of Twitter.
The Tumblr service has an elegant design focusing on simplicity. I was impressed with it and for a few days [...]
Nascent Sexuality Polaroid Study
Nascent Sexuality Polaroid Study is a photography project by Igor documenting his early sex life, or lack thereof, growing up in Alexandria.
The project uses Google Maps where each map point has a Polaroid and a description of why that photo location is important. The map points are listed in chronological order and should be [...]
Lens Of Vision and Expression
I came across Sam’s photos on flickr and was real impressed with her project. Sam is an art teacher who spent six weeks in Nicaragua teaching photography to underprivileged kids. She published the children’s work in an online gallery on Flickr, even without the story, it is some great photography. See the Nicaragua [...]
The Neuroscience of Meditation and Attention
The neuroscience of meditation - focusing on how the contemplative practice alters and sharpens the brain’s attention systems. Meditation is now being quite extensively studied by cognitive science owing to the clear effects it has on the brain, and on the increasing evidence for its benefit in mental health.
From: The Neuroscience of Meditation and Attention [...]
photophlow
Photophlow is a pretty cool new way to interact with photos and people. It ties into Flickr and allows you to view photos simultaneously with other users and chat in real-time about them. You can select a photo and everyone in the chat room sees the photo and can comment on it.
If you like talking [...]
Fantasy Football 2007 Wrap-up: Receivers vs. Running Backs
For the first time in recorded history, I won our Fantasy Football league. woo hoo! Oddly enough, I had horribly running backs this year, sorry Maroney you may go undefeated but you were a fantasy bust. None of my running backs were in the top 20 based on yardage. However, my receiving core was [...]
Slideshow: Foster City at Night
I’m finally putting together a series of night photography I did of Foster City. I was printing the shots by hand, actual black and white darkroom work, but I’ve since sold all my equipment, so I need to put together the digital files to be printed. I’m also trying out Soundslides Plus, a program which [...]